Wimbledon 2013: Results from men's and women's singles | Daily Mail Online (2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (20) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 (8) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (23) Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Kenny De Schepper (Fra) 6-4 6-4 6-4 Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 (24) Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 4-6 6-4 (4) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 6-1 (1) Novak

 Djokovic (Ser) bt (13) Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-4) (7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Bernard Tomic (Aus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 4-6 6-3 6-3 (15) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Karin Knapp (Ita) 6-2 6-3 (17) Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Monica Puig (Pue) 4-6 7-5 6-1 Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Laura Robson (Gbr) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 (23) Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt (1) Serena Williams 6-2 1-6 6-4 (6) Na Li (Chn) bt (11) Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6

-2 6-0 Grega Zemlja (Slo) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-4 6-1 Daniel Brands (Ger) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-4 Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Ricardas Berankis (Lit) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 Bobby Reynolds (USA) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 (29) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-1 6-4 6-3 (17) Milos Raonic (Can) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-4 6-3 6-3 Roberto Bautista-Agut (Spa) bt T

eymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3) Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 6-3 (9) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 7-5 6-4 (4) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Martin Alund (Arg) 6-1 4-6 7-5 6-2 (7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Martin Klizan (Svk) 6-3 6-4 6-4 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt (19) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-2 6-4 7-6 (13-11) (13) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-3 7-5 7-5 Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt (

21) Sam Querrey (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 2-6 6-3 (28) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-5 6-2 (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3 7-5 6-4 (26) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Gastao Elias (Por) 6-1 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 Go Soeda (Jpn) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 6-1 Jimmy Wang (Tpe) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-2 3-6 7-5 (23) Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) 

5-7 3-6 6-3 Igor Sijsling (Ned) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 6-3 6-4 6-4 (8) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Albert Ramos (Spa) 6-2 7-5 6-1 Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-3 Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt (16) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 4-6 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 2-1 ret Jesse Levine (Can) bt Guido Pella (Arg) 6-4 6-2 4-6 3-6 4-3 ret (12) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) 6-2 6-4 6-3 Denis Kudla (USA) bt James Duckworth (Aus) 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-1

 Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 6-2 6-3 6-4 Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 6-4 6-1 6-3 Michal Przysiezny (Pol) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 6-0(27) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-4 6-2 6-1 James Blake (USA) bt Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) 6-1 6-3 6-2 Steve Darcis (Bel) bt (5) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-1 7-5 6-2 Stephane Robert (Fra) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 (25) Benoit

 Paire (Fra) bt Adrian Ungur (Rom) 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-1 (18) John Isner (USA) bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) 6-1 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3) Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-1 6-2 6-3 Dustin Brown (Ger) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-3 6-3 Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt (11) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-4 7-5 6-3 (15) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Jurgen Zopp (Est) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 Guillaume Rufin (Fra) bt Marinko Matosevic (Aus) 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-3 Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Matt Reid (Aus) 6-2 6-

2 6-4 (24) Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) bt Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 6-2 6-2 6-4 Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt (30) Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-3 6-2 Julian Reister (Ger) bt Lukas Rosol (Cze) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra) 6-4 6-0 6-4 (3) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3 6-2 6-0 (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt David Goffin (Bel) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-3 Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 7-

5 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-4 6-3 (31) Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Tobias Kamke (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2 (22) Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Bastian Knittel (Ger) 6-4 6-2 6-3 Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Lukas Lacko (Svk) 7-5 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 Kenny De Schepper (Fra) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-2 (10) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-3 6-4 6-4 Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt (14) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-5) Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) bt Albert Montanes

 (Spa) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 Vasek Pospisil (Can) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-3) (20) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-4 7-5 7-5 (32) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr.

(Rus) 6-2 6-2 6-4 Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt Jan Hajek (Cze) 6-2 6-4 6-3 Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) bt James Ward (Gbr) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-6 (13-11) 7-6 (7-4) (2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-4 6-3 6-2 (23) Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1 6-2 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 5-7 6-0 6-1 (32) Klara Zakopalova (Cze) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-4 6-3 Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt (21) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-0 6-1 Karolina Pl

iskova (Cze) bt (13) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-3 6-2 Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Tara Moore (Gbr) 7-5 5-7 7-5 Annika Beck (Ger) bt Nina Bratchikova (Por) 6-3 6-2 Petra Martic (Cro) bt Anna Tatishvili (Geo) 6-1 1-6 6-3 (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-1 6-1 Mathilde Johansson (Fra) bt Timea Babos (Hun) 4-6 6-1 6-3 Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 6-2 7-5 Marina Erakovic (Nzl) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 4-6 6-0 7-5 Jana Cepelova (Svk) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6-4 6-1 Mariana Duque Marino (Col) bt

 Julia Goerges (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 (11) Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) 6-2 6-1 Laura Robson (Gbr) bt (10) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-3 6-4 Urszula Radwanska (Pol) bt Mallory Burdette (USA) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-2 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (Spa) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) 6-3 6-4 (7) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-3 6-4 18) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-4 4-6 6-4 Alison Riske (USA) bt (31) Romina Oprandi (Swi) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 3-1 ret Alexandra Cadantu (Rom) bt (

28) Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-2 7-5 Simona Halep (Rom) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-2 3-6 6-3 (24) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) 6-3 6-2 (1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Mandy Minella (Lux) 6-1 6-3 (30) Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-3 4-6 7-5 Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-3 6-4 Olga Puchkova (Rus) bt Arantxa Rus (Ned) 6-4 6-2 Madison Keys (USA) bt Heather Watson (Gbr) 6-3 7-5 (14) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-1 6-3 (6) Na Li (Chn) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned) 6-1

 6-1 Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) bt Carina Witthoeft (Ger) 6-0 6-2 Monica Puig (Pue) bt (5) Sara Errani (Ita) 6-3 6-2 Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spa) bt Misaki Doi (Jpn) 1-6 6-4 6-1 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) bt Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (Spa) 6-1 6-3 Eva Birnerova (Cze) bt (26) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-2 4-6 6-4 (17) Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-3 6-3 Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-3 6-2 Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 6-3 6-1 (9) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spa) 6-

0 6-2 (15) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 6-3 7-5 Christina McHale (USA) bt Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-4 6-4 Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt Samantha Murray (Gbr) 6-3 6-4 (22) Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) (27) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-4 6-0 Karin Knapp (Ita) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-3 6-4 Michelle Larcher De Brito (Por) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 7-6 (9-7) 1-6 6-4 (3) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 (8) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

 6-1 5-7 6-4 Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Kiki Bertens (Ned) 6-4 6-3 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 6-4 6-0 (25) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-3 6-3 (19) Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) 6-2 6-2 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-1 6-4 Eugenie Bouchard (Can) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 (12) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 7-6 (7-1) 6-0 (16) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Johanna Konta (Gbr) 6-2 7

-5 Vesna Dolonc (Ser) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 3-6 6-2 6-4 Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 3-6 6-1 9-7 (20) Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 7-5 6-4 (29) Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Vania King (USA) 4-6 6-3 6-1 Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-1 6-0 Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Elena Baltacha (Gbr) 6-4 6-1 (2) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Maria Joao Koehler (Por) 6-1 6-2 France's Marion Bartoli Wins Women's Title At Wimbledon : The Two-Way : NPR France's Marion Bartoli Wins Women's Title At Wimbledon France's Marion Bartoli celebrates her women's singles championship at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

Dominic Lipinski /PA Photos/Landov hide caption toggle caption Dominic Lipinski /PA Photos/Landov France's Marion Bartoli celebrates her women's singles championship at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon. Dominic Lipinski /PA Photos/Landov Marion Bartoli of France won the women's singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday, defeating Germany's Sabine Lisicki in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4 . It's Bartoli's first "Grand Slam" title. Sports Illustrated was posting "live analysis" through the match . At the end, it wrote that: "Marion Bartoli is your 2013 Wimbledon champion! Well deserved. "Looking at the stats, the one number that stands out is this one: Lisicki won just 52 percent of her first serve points. Just an anemic serving performance from Lisicki today, who was clearly overwhelmed by the occasion. That's tough to see, but it's also nice to see experience rewarded. This was Bartoli's time. Lisicki will have many more shots at this title, no doubt about it. "Bartoli looks absolutely stunned. She really doesn't know what to do.

After shaking the umpire's hand she sprints to her box and after a precarious climb, finds her father Walter and gives him a huge." Bartoli, 28, was ranked No. 15 in the world coming into The Championships at Wimbledon. Lisicki, 23, was ranked No. 24. The men's final is Sunday. As we wrote earlier , Scotland's Andy Murray hopes to be "the first male British player to raise the Wimbledon trophy since Fred Perry ... in 1936." Murray is ranked No. 2 in the world. His opponent, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, is ranked No. 1.

NPR thanks our sponsors Hsieh, Peng win women's doubles title at Wimbledon | TENNIS.com Hsieh, Peng win women's doubles title at Wimbledon by: AP July 06, 2013 Tags: 2013 Wimbledon , Shuai Peng AP Photo LONDON -- Having first played together as teenagers, Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai won their first Grand Slam title with a 7-6 (1), 6-1 victory Saturday over Australian duo Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua in the women's doubles final at Wimbledon. Hsieh became the first player from Taiwan to win a Grand Slam title, while Peng gave China its first doubles title at a major in seven years. "It's very special because I don't think tennis is popular in Taiwan," Hsieh said. "We didn't see many media during this tournament. We're very proud we can win this tournament together with my good friend. It's our first title, for Taiwan, so I think it's big thing in Taiwan." The pair, who are both 27, played a few tournaments together as amateurs but ended their partnership after turning pro.

After a seven-year hiatus, Hsieh asked Peng at the 2008 U.S. Open if she would be up for a renewed association. The duo reunited by the end of that year and won their first 11 matches, claiming titles in Bali and Sydney. They lost their opening-round match in the 2009 Australian Open quarterfinals against Serena and Venus Williams but now have six titles together. Both Peng and Hsieh play two-handed shots on both sides, like Marion Bartoli, who won the Wimbledon women's singles title on Saturday. "It's probably the first time (two-handed players) win the singles and the doubles," Peng said. Peng and Hsieh said they opted for this unorthodox style of play because they were too small to hold their rackets with one hand when they were kids. The 12th-seeded Dellacqua and Barty were bidding to become the first all-Australian team to win the women's title at the All England Club since 1978.

Wimbledon: Bartoli Wins Women's Singles Final Weather Wimbledon: Bartoli Wins Women's Singles Final Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli ends her long wait for a major crown by defeating German opponent Sabine Lisicki on Centre Court. 15:33, UK, Saturday 06 July 2013 Mail Marion Bartoli has defeated Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 in the women's singles final at Wimbledon. Six years after losing to Venus Williams in the same final, Bartoli returned to Centre Court and ended her long wait for a major crown. By finally winning her maiden major title in the 47th Grand Slam appearance of her career, Bartoli surpassed the previous record set by Jana Novotna, who won Wimbledon in 1998 after 45 appearances at the majors. The Bartoli took the first set comfortably against an out-of-sorts Lisicki on the sun-drenched Centre Court. Lisicki, the 23rd seed, broke her French opponent's serve in the opening game of the match. But Bartoli broke straight back and took advantage of unforced errors by the German to secure the set in 31 minutes.

Image Caption: Bartoli (l) holds her trophy alongside Lisicki after the Wimbledon final Lisicki's booming serve never functioned smoothly and Bartoli, seeded 15th, kept the ball away from her dangerous forehand. Throughout most of the match Lisicki was a shadow of the bold stroke-maker who stunned defending champion Serena Williams in the fourth round. The German suddenly found her form in the second set, but Bartoli regrouped and sealed her title on her fourth match point with her sixth ace after one hour 21 minutes. Bartoli, aged 28, is the fifth oldest women to become a first-time Grand Slam winner in the Open era. She did not drop a single set in her seven matches to win the title. She will climb to seventh in the world rankings when the latest figures are released on Monday. The women's final came as British men's hopeful Andy Murray was gearing up for his own shot at the title when he plays Novak Djokovic on Centre Court later.

Related Stories Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon men's singles title 2013 | Daily Mail Online VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Murray lifts the title Good God, what must have been going through his mind? It was 11 minutes past five when Andy Murray sat by the side of Centre Court and placed a towel around his heaving shoulders. His body ached, his head throbbed. Focus, focus. He was one game, one service game, from home. The sound of his name, chanted by 16,000 voices and more outside the arena, filled the heavy air. This was his trophy to lose now. History was his to make, or break. Murray was no longer dealing with 77 years of hope, but one crystallised moment of overwhelming expectation. Not just theirs but his. Pressure point: Murray sits with a towel of ice round his shoulders, one game away from becoming Wimbledon champion History boy: Andy Murray is the first Briton to lift the Wimbledon men's trophy since 1936 Crowd scene: Murray celebrates on his way to celebrate with the fans after winning the Wimbledon title There was more than a prize to lose now. There was his sanity.

To stand so close, within touching distance, and to have that treasure denied. How could he, would he, recover from that? He concentrated his thoughts instead on minutiae. Went back to basics. He honed in on where he wanted his first serve to land, cleared all but the technical details from his head. He was four serves away from Eden. If he placed them right, the rest would take care of itself. Novak Djokovic was up, on the balls of his feet, and waiting. The fever built, a noise never heard on Centre Court. A frenzy of longing, delirious, fit to burst. Murray walked to his spot. The same spot he had occupied dozens of times that afternoon. Bounce, bounce, bounce, glance up, bounce, bounce, bounce. The people within the arena were silent now, tense, primed to explode, relying on one man to trigger their wildest dreams. Wind up, ready and, serve. He would do that three times. On each occasion the point fell in his favour. Forty love. He was, potentially, one shot away. One golden shot.

Family affair: Murray embraces mother Judy as she cries tears of joy after her son's victory Can't believe it: Murray collapses in celebration on Centre Court after winning his Championship point Tough battle: A exhausted Murray embraces opponent Novak Djokovic after the heroic straight sets win Around Centre Court, anticipation, like the thermometer mercury, had risen off the scale. At 1.50pm, the heat in the direct sun stood at 49.8 degrees, making this the hottest final since Bjorn Borg defeated Ilie Nastase in 1976. It was cooler now, in the late afternoon but stickier, clammy in other ways. Everyone was sweating, Murray through the exertion of combat, the onlookers overcome by the stress of having hit every shot in their imaginations. There were false cries of ‘out’ midway through rallies, groans if a first serve struck the net. They had lived it with him, every moment, and now they were going to capture the image for posterity.

These people had the most valuable tickets in the history of British sport — exchanges claimed £70,000 a pair, although that sounds far-fetched — yet they were content to watch its climatic moment through the tiny window of a smartphone camera. Thousands of them, all pointed at Murray, ready to record the confident finishing flourish of a champion. He would dispatch Djokovic, the mighty Djokovic, to love for the crown. Adulation: Murray lifts the famous trophy in front of the adoring Centre Court crowd after his win Not letting go: Murray cradles the trophy the British public have craved since Fred Perry's win in 1936 Making history: Murray celebrates winning the first set on the way to his historic victory Flying: But World No 1 Djokovic was defeated by the brilliant Scot in straight sets It was not as simple as that. Nothing is as simple as that. How could it be, in these meetings of supermen? So Murray did not serve it out. Not then. The cameras captured only his struggle, a teeter on the brink of implosion. Three times, he tried to hit that perfect mark, and three times Djokovic was more than equal to his challenge. Deuce.

Panic. Now it felt different, Murray recalled later. The aura of calm had departed. His mind was racing. Dark thoughts crowded in. Suppose this was not his time, after all? Suppose this was not his destiny. Suppose his legacy was darker, torturous, a stain? The man who blew three match points at Wimbledon. The man who, given the chance to calm the restless spirit of Fred Perry, choked. Djokovic was a fighter. Djokovic was notorious for his resilience, his determination, for sheer bloody mindedness in battle. His comebacks were legendary, so too his feats of athleticism. And there he stood, waiting to receive. Advantage Djokovic. Deuce. Advantage Djokovic. Deuce. Advantage Djokovic. Deuce. Advantage Murray. Game. Murray. It was a blur, he said. A blank. He could not remember the shot Djokovic played — a simple backhand return, into the net — and the precise placement of the serve deserted him, too. He celebrated, he screamed in release and delight, but the overwhelming emotion was disbelief.

Trophy collection: Djokovic, with the runners'-up shield, congtratulates Murray after his win Acing the competition: Murray delighted the Centre Court crowd by being in top form in the final Cheering him on: Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears was right behind him as he made British sporting history Murray staggered, suddenly numb. He fell to his knees. He made his way up to his friends, colleagues and family — the famous Team Murray that have stood by him throughout. Yet that emotional journey is almost expected of champions these days. Marion Bartoli had climbed on to the same roof on winning the women’s title the day before. Murray was in such a trance, he almost forget his mum, Judy. The first hug went to Ivan Lendl. Murray said there was no pecking order, but it was strangely appropriate. The arrival of Murray the winner coincides with that of Lendl the coach. The desire was always there, but Lendl has given his man the steel to turn talent into achievement.

‘Ideally, he would have won it himself,’ Murray deadpanned, ‘but I think this was the next best thing for him.’ It was almost refreshing to hear that dour monotone when it came time to share his thoughts with Sue Barker and Centre Court. It would not have felt right for Murray to become squealing and emotional. Those who do not know him mistake his flatness of speech for absence of personality. He is nothing like that image, really. He is warm, friendly and accommodating, with a dry sense of humour and far more personable than his detractors imagine. Exultation: Murray became the first Brit to win the men's Wimbledon singles title for 77 years Splitting it up: Serbian world No 1 Djokovic takes a slide on the Centre Court grass Magical: Murary celebrates another point on the way to winning the coveted title On target: Murray was in sensational form as he claimed the Wimbledon title against the world No 1 Djokovic More than ever, at this Wimbledon, the crowd has warmed to him, and this is the first time the silence has not been broken by an infantile cry of ‘Come on, Tim’ as Murray prepares to serve.

There were a few whose excitement got the better of them, but these were spontaneous and genuine eruptions of excitement and support, not some childish little gag at Murray’s expense. Really, you would rather it were Tim Henman on Centre Court, sir? Sadly, he wasn’t in Murray’s class. Nobody from here has been; probably not even Fred Perry, given the different levels of athleticism and pressure of the two eras. Perry did not have 77 years of anguish to extinguish either. When he first won Wimbledon in 1934, the previous British champion was from 20 tournaments ago, not a lifetime. Murray has never whined about the pressure of Wimbledon fortnight, perhaps believing it would give him an excuse to fail, but the trophy safely stashed, he could expose his true feelings. ‘It’s been hard,’ he said. ‘Really hard. For the last four or five years, it’s been very, very tough, very stressful, and a lot of pressure. The few days before the tournament are really difficult and the last two days are never easy. It’s everywhere you go.

It’s so hard to avoid everything because of how big this event is, and also the history and no British player having won for so long. Vocal support: Tennis fans swamped Murray Mound to cheer their hero on at the All England Club No enough: World No 1 Novak Djokovic aims a shot but cannot stop Murray triumphing in straight sets Range of emotions: Murray shows his frustration after losing a point (left) and celebrates after the match ‘I didn’t always feel it was going to happen. It’s incredibly difficult to win these events and I don’t think that’s that well understood sometimes. It takes so much hard work, so much mental toughness, to win these tournaments. A couple years ago when I lost in the semi-finals to Rafa Nadal, I was up a set, maybe a break as well, or had break points at least, and didn’t get through. That was a tough one. It should get easier from here. I hope it will. Mentally, that last game will be the toughest I’ll play in my career, ever.’ The monkey is off his back now. Two monkeys really. The first was to win a Grand Slam, which he did at the US Open last year.

The next was to win his home Slam and, in doing so, bring to an end the constant humiliation of having no British champion since Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister. To be ‘the first Brit to ever win this tournament in shorts,’ as Murray was called by one American observer. Yet there was even more to it than that. Murray has long been on a mission to alter public perceptions of his home town, Dunblane, in Scotland. He wanted it to be remembered for producing Britain’s finest tennis player, rather than a shooting tragedy at a school that claimed many of his young friends, and was lucky not to have taken him. When Murray looks to the skies after matches, it has been speculated this is an act of remembrance, and thanks. Dunblane is Murray Town now. He can never erase that history, but he has obscured it. So in that context, Murray’s victory on Sunday had one final layer, which maybe he has not realised yet. It happened on July 7. The day that extremists attacked London’s public transport system in 2005. Might 7/7 now also become the anniversary of a Briton finally winning Wimbledon? Such a happy thought. Murray would like that.

Party time: Andy Murray poses with trophy at the Winners Ball after his victory over Novak Djokovic British hero: The dinner was held at The Intecontinental Hotel in London Winning smiles: Philip Brook, the Wimbledon chairman (centre), with champions Bartoli and Murray

Question: Who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 2013?
Answer: Marion Bartoli